Tuesday 5/17/22 Sometimes, in a clout-y way, someone desperate to be right and notch some "score" against me and finally get up on the...

Tuesday 5/17/22 2300 words into a new story I started that is powerful. It'll take some time as part of the process of getting it right....

Sunday 5/15/22 Yesterday was that day of the year when I go from long hair to virtually no hair. Before: After: Walked three miles both...

Saturday 5/14/22 I was not productive last week. I need to be, because a larger piece has fallen off the refrigerator and that's going to...

Thursday 5/12/22 The Celtics blew a 14-point fourth quarter lead last night and the Capitals a 3-0 lead. The lesson we can take from...

Thursday 5/12/22 Started two new stories. I don't know what they'll be yet. I am rereading "The Spot," though I said it was fully done. I...

Tuesday 5/10/22 There will be a decent amount happening today, which I'll try to document on here. I have three lengthy entries that I...

Tuesday 5/10/22 Released in mid-May 1972, the Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main Street was one of those works of art that, in its time, was...

Tuesday 5/10/22 I won't put this person's name up, because she's by no means a bad person, but this is typical of how people interact...

Tuesday 5/10/22 I said to a buddy of mine once that he has to make sure to tell his two girls not to try heroin. If you do heroin once—if...

Tuesday 5/10/22 This kind of thing is frustrating to me. Rarely on a dating site--say, maybe once a month--will you encounter anyone who...

Monday 5/9/22 “I’m not putting myself through the hell that is you,” a wife informed her husband. “Any longer, you mean,” he said, having...

Saturday 5/7/22 Swoony and moony, that’s what my granddaughter Esmra calls the old movies I watch. She snickers when I say something...

Saturday 5/7/22 A major breakthrough on EU, which I have not formally begun, but it's me, so it was begun a long time ago. They are...

Thursday 5/5/22 * Things are not going so well with the Mother's Day op-ed, which is called "My real mom." As I've said in the letter...

Thursday 5/5/22 Six AM nearly. Been working for about three hours. I am so blocked--the pressure in my nose is almost painful. I couldn't...

Wednesday 5/4/22 Or it is to me, anyway, and I could write a novel about this. The stat line belongs to Nate Berkenstock, a right fielder...

Wednesday 5/4/22 It'd be nice to be able to breathe again. Nasal passages are so blocked that when I do the nasal rinse, the water won't...

Tuesday 5/3/22 I am badly in need of a new mattress. There is nowhere to sit in here save at the desk or on the bed, and the old mattress...

Monday 5/2/22 Slept about five hours last night. Must have gotten up to go to the bathroom ten times. I just start chugging liquids. Have...

Sunday 5/1/22 The C-Dawg has started to feel ill. Stuffed up, scratchy throat, significant aches. But, in typical C-Dawg fashion, I have...

Sunday 5/1/22 Why It Was Written: Pain-Free Explorations of Life-Changing Literature Ran 5000 stairs yesterday. Today marks 2128 days, or...

Saturday 4/30/22 16. "I'm So Tired" Fun to imitate. Less fun, maybe, with the knowledge of how much one relates to the voice. "Tired" is...

Saturday 4/30/22 If you say something fair and true to somebody about a negative quality or form of behavior, they will almost always be...